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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 138 · 40 questions
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How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

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  1. 1.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) school (c) cricket
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) possibility (b) watermelon (c) grandmother
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) banana (b) calculator (c) river
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) photography (b) holiday (c) asked
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) teacher (b) imagination (c) plant
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) celebration (c) cloud

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. cricket
  7. 1
  8. 5
  9. 1
  10. 4
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. 1
  14. 4
  15. 5
  16. 4
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. watermelon
  20. 1
  21. calculator
  22. 3
  23. 4
  24. 2
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. 4
  29. 5
  30. 1
  31. asked
  32. 3
  33. 3
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. 5
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. imagination
  40. mango

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